Opinion

Only Republicans are surprised about the results of Tuesday's election. It didn't surprise Democrats because the Republican candidates seemed to go out of their way to alienate women, minorities and young voters. The electorate repudiated extreme right-wing philosophies that excluded, rather than included, large parts of the U.S. population.

One of the reasons the Obama team was successful is that it studied the census data, found out where potential voters lived, and made sure they were registered and showed up to vote.

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al.cap wrote on Nov 10, 2012 5:59 AM:

" see you at the bottom of the cliff. your man came out yesterday insisting on his 'soak the rich' plan. not showing any movement there. they succeeded in scaring you into voting based on non-issues. the economy is in shambles, that is the number one concern. he can't fix it, so he made the election about other things, and the majority bought it. "

" Al,I have to agree with the writer. If you think these things are "non-issues" then you are not in touch with what is important to the majority of the voters. Please excuse me from getting personal but I can tell from your posts that you are not a woman, not a minority and not a youngster. Therefore you are likely a late middle-aged white guy with a steady income, possibly retired. Not that I have any problem with that, only that you cannot seem to see through your own biases and personal interests to what is important to the majority of Americans.

If you think that scare tactics on economics is more important than basic human dignities to the rest of the population, you have miscalculated, just like Mitt did.

Women will not vote for intrusion into their healthcare or allow middle-aged-bible-thumping-men to determine what their reproductive rights should be.

Lower income people will not vote for people who describe them as victims and say they donâ€™t count.

Minorities will not vote for a candidate that ignores them.

The scare tactic from the Party of NO is not going to work. We refuse to give up our basic American freedoms. "

" I'm an Independent because I'm dissatisfied with both the Democratic and Republican Parties. I refuse to affiliate myself with either party due to the extremism and polarization both have undergone over the decades. Not only have Republicans generally become traditionalist ultraconservative bigots, but the Democrats seem to have resorted to an ultra-liberal viewpoint that goes so far as to advocate for the abolition of any and all traditional values. The only people I can sympathize with or even tolerate are the moderates and apologists who try to bridge the gap between the two extremes. Unfortunately, they are a dwindling minority and a despised on at that, for both sides tend to view them as either too soft or simply a traitor to their own party. Quite frankly, it's absurd. Not to mention the false dichotomy that emphasizes the importance of each without acknowledging the other parties, leading to both the Democratic and Republican parties being political monopolies, I simply cannot tolerate such hatred and reviling extremism from either side.

Despite being an Independent, my views are very liberal regarding culture and society, but I am also fiscally conservative and strongly disapprove of the excessive spending both parties commit. Despite the views I hold that would undoubtedly repel most members of the Republican Party (including some of you who may be reading this), I strongly agree and support Beth Kehoe's above statements. It gives me hope to know that people like Kehoe exist because from what she said in this article, it appears to me that her and I would find common ground on the basis of dissatisfaction toward the current state of the Republican Party. I will probably never join or affiliate myself with Republicans, but I definitely will stand by Beth on her analysis. "

" @brian- i bet you're a starry-eyed college kid with big hopes and dreams, good luck with that. i do know a better place to live, you will probably never see it, it's USA that i grew up in. where would you be if all the wealth took your childish advice?

@cc- if you had bothered to read any of the other recent threads, you'd know something about me.

over 95% of blacks voted for obama, yet i'm the one with biases? check out youtube, you should be disgusted.

lower income people will not vote republican because the dems successfully portray the gop as the party of the rich. class envy goes a long way. who doesn't like robin hood? steal from the rich, give to the poor. they'll swing dem every time.

for the last time, abortion(at least use the word), is a non-issue. no one is going to take away your right to kill your babies. the support is not there,even on the right, and neither are the votes, be it congress, the supreme court, or the population. if you voted based on this issue, you played right into obama's hand, because you failed to see the only important issue, the economy.

there will be no compromise, because president robin hood can't go back on the campaign pledge to stick it to the rich, and republicans know this is unfair. we'll go over the cliff together, and everyone's taxes will go up. that's fair. i'm actually starting to agree with kitty. let's go back to the clinton-era rates for everyone.

question- why is it the fault of the gop-led house that we can't make any progress? obama get's a pass. however when you guys talk about gwb, it's all his fault, and the dem-led congress(both houses) of 07-08 bears no responsibility for the chris(i sold the country for an irish cottage)dodd housing meltdown? "

" Too many republican types shipping our jobs overseas and then telling us we got to pick ourselves up by our bootstraps. You cannot promote a philosophy that devides the U.S into the 'quick or the dead' and expect to win a popular election. They bewail the 47%, but when - WHEN- have they voted to so much as raise the minimum wage a little? As a matter of fact, NEVER. Don't give anything to hard workers that isn't forced out of you, after all. And what vision do they offer the less than gifted and talented? A life spent selling Chinese made junk for that wage they try endlessly to supress. With no health care or benefits. Big surprise the democrats are gaining evermore ground. We need conservatism, what we don't need is economic survival of the fittest, which is ALL the republicans promote these days. So they lost. signed.....middle age comfortable income white guy. "

" larry- we beat the min wage to death last year. it is the biggest contributor to the lack of entry level jobs. it affects minorities on a staggering level. without job experience, these kids start out behind the eight ball. that's just how the dems want it.

president robin hood bemoans the fact that all the 'manufacturing' jobs are leaving. we can go all day about why ,but how many of today's kids want those jobs? they've all been conditioned that they need a mba and a job at 'the office'.

and the prez proved you can win when you campaign on divisiveness, as long as you promise to spend other peoples' money. "

" @larry....the real bottom line is all the assistance programs go to the working poor......the people working for minimum wage.....they can't survive on that wage because it is not a living wage......so we the tax payers have to pay for all this assistance....we are paying a portion of the "job creators" payrolls and for the benefits they won't provide ......and they're the ones screaming......there is no worse combination than arrogance and stupidity.....and the "job creators" have an overdose of both......we pay for assistance programs and benefits for all the employees in both small businesses and giant corporations that refuse to pay their employees a living wage and benefits......there ought to be a law........... "

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